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While obviously a different subject, it's James Earl Jones's from Field of Dreams that moves me (my late dad LOVED baseball). It's amazing how a single minute or two from a great actor can affect us. I'm 44 and still grin like an idiot every time that scene comes on. And Robin's was perfection too, of course.
Mine too - it's one of the all-time great scenes in cinematic history. That park bench in Boston Public Garden became an ad-hoc fan memorial when Robin Williams died.
That monologue of Robin's on the bench won Matt and Ben the best screenplay Oscar almost by itself. There is a great interview where Matt talks about being in that scene and Robin is on it and Matt didn't have to do anything but remain in character and stay silent and how he struggled to even keep from breaking down in tears. That performance is right there with Robert Shaw in Jaws telling the story of the USS Indianapolis as among the best solo performances in a scene ever.
Every time I watch this (or a reaction to it), I'm really struck by Minnie Driver's performance as Skylar. The intimacy and vulnerability she shows feels so real, and the heartbreak both overt and subtle when Will pushes her away just kills me every time.
"How do you like them apples?” is an expression that supposedly originated during the first World War, when the Allies' anti-tank grenade was colloquially called a “toffee apple” because of its bulb-like appearance on a stick. The phrase was a taunt against the enemy. Subsequently said since then to taunt someone.
Fun fact: When Ben and Matt were looking for actors for this movie they really wanted Robin Williams and knew they couldn't pay him the amounts he gets paid. However, once Robin read the script he insisted of taking the part
A not so fun fact: Robin agreed to take a major pay cut, on the condition that if the movie made over $10M at the box office, he would receive a higher royalty pay (which is fine, and the studio agreed) - but when Harvey Weinstein noticed the movie was breaking all sorts of box office records, he pulled it from the cinemas far too early so Robin wouldn't get his much deserved royalties.
The story about his wife farting was improvised by Robin, Matt's laughing was genuine and if you look closely you can see the camera operator shaking too. Robin also improvised the very last line of the movie. Scary when you realise that Matt & Ben wrote this classic when they were only 22 and when his performance was recognised by the Academy, Robin referenced their age during his acceptance words. The whole speech is one of the best Oscar moments ever, you can feel the love in the room for Robin, especially from the host Billy Crystal, his old friend from the very early days of trying to make it in showbiz. It wasn't polite applause from his peers - it was genuine love for a man who had brought so much joy & laughter but was also capable of touching performances like this. Wonderful. The award and speech are on YT, do try and watch.
mmhmm! Like when you hear about how young they were, I think MOST people thought they were going to be the next Spielberg and Lucas who also followed a lot of the same path when they were younger (although both were a little higher educated and a little older). But it seemed like the same story. Now both Ben and Matt ended up liking acting a bit more of course and doing that, but most everything both have written and directed have all been really good films. So awesome!
Robin Williams ad-libbed a lot of his dialogue. He was so amazing at that. It also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams and Best Writing for Matt and Ben. I've seen a clip of Matt and Ben accepting their awards and they both had the biggest grins.
This is such a great movie. The characters are complex and well-rounded out, and it's a story about the human condition all around. No fancy CGI, no car chases, no overly gratuitious sex scenes. Just emotion all the way through. Minnie Driver is incredible in the scene where Skylar and Will break up, Matt Damon is great throughout, and Robin Williams reminded everyone just how great a dramatic actor he could be with this movie. The "not your fault" scene seriously makes me cry every.single.damn.time. I messed up and forgot to get a tissue before watching your reaction vid. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed this movie!
Matt's performance when him and Skylar are fighting.. my lord, that still may be his best bit of screen time. That or his and Robin's heart to heart towards the end where they confide in each other
“U know what the best part of my day is? For about 10 seconds, from when I pull up to the curb when I get to ur door cuz I think maybe I’ll get up there and I’ll knock on the door and u won’t be there”🥺🥺 I can’t believe Matt and Ben wrote this, it’s masterful
Many people just got to see Robin Williams as the comic/funny guy but he was so much more, movies like this or Dead Poets Society made me realize what a great actor he was. Robin will always be missed
How people respond to Will is a good indicator of how they view mental health. Mental health has become a lot more important in some pockets of society but it feels like people don't really empathize with some groups who are struggling. Like Will's defensiveness and extreme anger is a realistic version of mental health issues. IRL, incels have been mocked and treated like a bad punchline, yet a lot of those people are probably just extremely lonely dealing with self esteem and mental issues. Yet, I don't see a lot of empathy for them. I'm sure some are entitled, narcissistic, and hostile, but I would wager many of them are looking for community support while they deal with their own baggage. I just feel like mental health stuff online is kinda glossed over.
OMG! What a nice surprise it was to see this pop up on my RUclips's recommend! This has been one of my favorite movies since its release. Robin Williams was so influential for me growing up and to see him in this role as I was becoming an adult hit me very hard. Identifying with Will with a traumatic upbringing and always being one of those students who "could just play" (though I'm not as gifted as the character) it really found a place in my heart and mind. I didn't go to therapy for more than 20 years after this release. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. I'm a huge advocate for it with people around my age because I feel like my generation is in that middle point where the convention was to bottle it all up and push through it and the younger generations coming in and breaking the stigma of discussing mental health. I've done a lot of my healing out loud incase anyone else got lost in this generation gap and can find ways to better living through breaking negative thought patterns. I've been surprised by the number of people who have also battled with their mental health and never said anything. I think the worst thing about depression is the isolation and feeling alone. I hope these conversations keep becoming more frequent so those suffering can feel comfortable asking for help. ❤ Thank you, KL! This movie gets me every time 😭
Top 3 movie. The bench scene monologue from Sean, the monologue from Chuckie and the it’s not your fault scene, some of the best scenes in movie history
Not sure if anyone mentioned this in the comments, i did read MOST of them, but this was Matt Damon and Ben Afflecks first big break. Maybe first thing period. They also won an Oscar for it as well!! It really put them on the map.
So excited to see that you were reacting to this movie!! It was my favorite movie for a long time. I love the complexities of the characters and how my perspective on them has changed over the years. When I was younger, I definitely saw the movie through Will's eyes, but as I got older, I saw it more through Sean's eyes, and as I got even older, I see it through the professor's eyes. That's how amazing that script is. It evolves during different points in your life. Anyway, love your reaction to this movie. Great job as always!!
Kevin Smith used to have a competition helping young filmmakers get their projects made. Damon and Afleck (and this movie) were one of his early projects. After this movie became a huge success Afleck and Damon joined Smith in his endeavor, reviewing and funding films they thought deserved a shot.
This is one of these rare movies that made me a better person. I have a lot in common with Will (minus being a freakin' multi-talented genius ofc) and I cried with him during "It's not your fault" sceene. Easily makes my top 5 (if not top 3) favourite movies of all time and I can recommend this movie to anyone.
Every time I see a movie with Robin Williams in it, I always think of how much of a huge whole his death left in the movie/TV show world. He was so talented, he could bring you to tears from laughter, and then sadness, in the same scene.
When Sean and Gerry walk up the steps at the end, they are in unison i.e. the same page for the first time in the film. Also, great reaction and glad you loved the film.
I’ve watched several reactions to this movie and EVERY single time, people always smile the first time they see Robin in the movie. (you did too😘) He was such an amazing person and a wonderful actor. (He also went to Juilliard) He’s one of the few actors that I still really miss.
One of my favourite movies of all-time. Brilliant writing (which earned Matt and Ben a well-deserved Oscar), an awesome cast, hilarious comedy, and heart-warming & heart-breaking drama. Not-So-Fun-Fact: Elliott Smith, who did significant soundtrack work on this (including the closing classic "Miss Misery"), was stabbed to death by his girlfriend a few years later.
I remember seeing this in the theater in high school. Great movie and stuck with me at a critical age. Minnie Driver is really great in this too and it’s kind of a shame that her career kind of fizzled out.
This movie has 3-4 really powerful monologues that just break your soul. That's so rare in a movie these days. No one lied and took credit because they would be outed immediately within a few questions of the process or how they came to their conclusion. When Williams passed, the bench location was turned into an impromptu memorial site for a while.
One of the greatest screenplays ever. Not just as a screenplay, but the mission statement and sentiments this story conveys are helpful and important for anyone just trying to navigate life and figure out who they are and their place in it.
Notice how in their first interactions, Sean calls Will "chief" (14:20, 17:20), "kid" (14:55, 15:57, 16:49) and "sport" (17:18), but at the end they respect each other and Sean has become a father figure to Will, so Sean calls Will by his first name (37:00, 37:14) and, most important, Sean calls him *son* (37:08, 37:24).
Stephen Spielberg had cast Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan because he was virtually unknown at the time and had All-American good looks for the role of Ryan. This movie came out before Saving Private Ryan and Damon basically became a star overnight.
Great reaction to a great, meaningful movie. I saw a rumor that screenwriter William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All The President's Men...), had a hand in the screenplay, but Goldman said that he looked at their script and his only suggestion was to drop a sub-plot where the government was trying to force Will to work for the NSA, and they cut that from the script... THANKFULLY! Again, thank you for your reaction! BTW, more William Goldman movies please!
Yep, the Kevin Smith as Co-Producer alongside Kevin Mosier who does the same for the View Askew films. He also cameos in the ViewAskewniverse. He played 'Snowball' in Clerks for example amongst other roles.
Matt Damon hit the scene like a freight train with four solid roles released in a ten month period between November 97 and Sept 98. The Rainmaker, Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, and Rounders. Add in the Oscar buzz around Good Will Hunting and he had pretty much cemented himself as an up and coming name.
I don't know if thus was previously stated or not, but the seen between Matt Damon and Robin Williams discussing inperfections and idiosyncrasies....Robin going into the story about how his wife farted in her sleep caught everyone off guard, you can see the camera man's hand shake as he's trying to hold the camera steady while laughing, Matt's reaction was genuine. The last line of the movie was improvised by Robin Williams.
Hey there Kaielle. Well was initially planning to continue watching Spiderman but then I saw you posted one of my all time favorite movies and Robin Williams movies and I had to watch. There's not much to say that hasn't been said, Robin and Matt give an incredible performance here, their connection and how their relationship evolves. Shawn truly believed in Will. I use to think I was in love , that I understood what being in love was but when you hear Shawn it really changes your perspective, Will needed to hear all that. The how do you like them apples, the part in the Park, the fart joke and its not your fault are my favorite scenes Shhh it's not your fault Kaielle, it's not your fault, it's not your fault, you're a beautiful, awesome reactor, Thanks for posting this.
The girl Skylar who Matt Damon based Minnie Driver's character on was real. She went to California and met the drummer from a successful rock band and married him. When asked, Matt Damon said "She went off an married some drummer that's got $40 million." They've been divorced for quite a while now, but it was a weird story of odd coincidences. Also, Affleck was the Bomb in Phantoms, yo.
I am a little less than half way in as I write this but so far your editing has been spot on. It is my first watch for a reaction from you. The movie pulls me in anytime I see a new reaction to it.
Not sure if you noticed but the conversation with the first therapist Will was leading him on talking about the "clubs" and "fantasies" that he hides from people and then called the guy out to rattle him
Damon wrote this whilst attending Harvard. I’ll spare you the all the details, half of which I’m sure I’ll get wrong. But it’s worth researching as I personally found it quite interesting.
If you like Ben Affleck, one of my favorite watches is a thoughtful 2002 movie called _Changing Lanes_ . Affleck is a successful privileged young lawyer who has a small car crash with a middle aged black man played by Samuel L. Jackson. Their interaction explores the socioeconomic differences between them. Would love to see you react to it.
Hi Kaiielle, it’s been a while. Loved the reaction. This in my top 20 movies of all time. Glad you enjoyed it! Some of the best character writing ever. Hope you are well and good to see BB-8 still hanging out in the background :-)
Hey Absher! Hope you've been well. Yes, I rearranged my desk a little while ago so he hangs out on the shelf behind me now. Thanks for watching! This one was a very good one.
KL…first time commenting. I hope I’m giving your community, the proper benefit of a doubt…when I say they purposely sandbagged you on this movie. This is not a “watch it so you get the reference” throwaway…as you saw for yourself. Hopefully…they wanted you coming in, without any expectations; so you could experience this fine film, without the weight of knowing what you were in for. Great video!
While I recognize that therapy is a good thing for many people I myself can never get over the roadblock that when things get boiled down I'm the means to a paycheck for the therapist so can never fully commit and open up. So I haven't been back in a very long time now because I won't waste 50 minutes of their time that they could be using for someone else who may actually be able to benefit from that time. Or at least that is what I tell myself so I can feel better about my choice to eschew it, lol.
Amazing movie! I miss Robin Williams so much, one of the best actors, well human to ever live any movie with him in it, regardless if its good or not I have to watch. Also, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier who exec produced the film, is one of the reasons the movie got made. They took the movie to Miramax and convinced them to make this movie since Kevin Smith and Ben Afflleck were friends. If it was not for those 2 this movie would have never been made, at least not for a while. Amazing movie, classic
Just saw your video. Great. But great .movies = great videos. In the right hands. And I think you were one of the right people to react to this movie. I love it. I don't know the audience for it at the time but who cares? I love it. And I can get protective of it. Thx for your video.
Halfway into this reaction and I had to sub. Very good editing. You're not talking over the movie, but editing in a way where we hear your thoughts and not taking out of what's happening. Couple things If you don't know. The scene on the was completely improvised by Robin Williams and his final line. Matt Damon and Minnie Driver started dating and broke up during filming. It was not pretty.
I seen this movie at the theater as a kid and is one of my favorite movies to this day. The scene when Robin Williams says his wife farted in the bed and woke her up. So I blamed it on the dog was improvised by Robin. When Matt Damon starts laughing after that line he couldn’t stop laughing so hard because he wasn’t expecting that. That is such a funny scene. Also at the end when Robin Williams says that son of a b**ch stole my line was also improvised by Robin. I bet he has a lot more scenes that he improvised by him but those are the only 2 I know
Another film where he made an impression, though it was not a major role, was in Courage Under Fire with Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan. He literally put himself I physical Jeopardy for the character. He was also good in The Green Zone.
It's so crazy to me when reactors give props to the other students in the class for not taking credit for doing the proof, when there's absolutely no way anybody would. First, they'd have to hope that the real person wouldn't also step forward. But most importantly, they'd then have to prove that they could do it. Which they obviously can't.
This is the role that FINALLY broke down the elusive Oscar barrier Robin Williams experienced when he was nominated three times before for Good Morning Vietnam (1987), Deas Poets Society (1989) and The Fisher King (1991). Speaking of, you need to react to THE FISHER KING which almost made the poll winner last year. Screw that! Push it forward and put it on the schedule dammit! LOL!
Such a wonderful film. Without Kevin Smith becoming a producer on the film Good Will Hunting, no studio wanted either Matt Damon nor Ben Affleck in the lead roles. Even though they had both written the screenplay, the studios considered them to be unknowns. Kevin Smith, thankfully, convinced them otherwise. For another wonderful performance from Robin Williams, please watch Awakenings.
When you've been through it, hits different. Really drags the abandonment monster out into the light. Will classically sabotaging his potential happiness because he is scared of how much happiness hurts and not knowing if there is another shoe. Not knowing, having no control, being powerless the way you are when you are little and others have complete say over you, often to your detriment and harm. It's why he went after the kid who used to beat him up in kindergarten, a way to take back power and with all his brilliance, all his ability, still no ability to understand that the kid who beat him up in kindergarten probably wasn't the same guy whose arse he beat, kid might've been going through the same things he did or worse. Therapy is difficult but worthwhile, though trusting professionals is not really something I can do again after my experiences. Thank the gods for a partner who understands me better than I understand myself. The world would be a different place if we all had someone like Robin Williams in our corner. I miss him so much and I never met him. Same as I miss Terry Pratchett who taught me how to be kind to others and how to see the humanity in others and want the best for them through the incredible Discworld series.
Why DID Will take the job at the most prestigious technical college.....solve problems no one else could.....and then lie about it....? Was it a giant F You, like when he chose the wrench over the belt and branch...? Such a good movie....no CGI, just a good story well told. Out of the many good examples of dialogue, I think my favorite is when Will asked if Sean regretted meeting his wife, quickly addding that he didn't mean it in a bad way (like when he probed Sean at their first meeting). Will demonstrated that he was interested in discussing things at a more serious level and Sean recognized that 'now we're getting somewhere'.... How far movies have declined since this... Hollywood doesn't think people have a more than five second attention span. No amount of explosions can top a good story. I was glad to see someone commented about how Robert Shaw's Indianapolis speech in Jaws is in the same category as the park bench speech. Matt (not Will) sat in silence, the way Dreyfuss sat and just watched Shaw, realizing he was witnessing greatness.
Man I can tell you what it smells like in the Sistine chapel & that security is saying “quiet, no pictures, silence” Every 20 secs but I sure as hell can’t tell you what it’s like to experience anything else that was mentioned
Can u believe these 2 dorks, Matt and Ben, started writing this in their early twenties, having no idea what or how to write! And someone they knew was blown away, and got a rough bit to robin! And how they got Robin and Stellen to do this, I'll never know! Robin won an Oscar for this! After Robin died, Matt goes back to the bench every year on Robin's bday, sometimes with his kids. The park bench is a memorial now! The younger guy is Casey Affleck! The red head is now in Yellowstone, Cole Hauser! A fantastic actor, but a bit of a loose cannon. His father was even a better actor, but certifiable! Wings Hauser!! Originally, they didn't know how to write the end. Robin comes up with the final line, director and Matt look at each other like, Movie done! He add-libbed the wife farting lines. Matt is cracking up for real. Even the camera man was rolling....look at the camera frame on that scene, it's shaking! Robin has done several top feel good movies. This, patch Adams, good morning Vietnam, awakenings, Dead Poets, and really one could say the bird cage, Doubtfire and Jumanji....which is really a movie about Spielberg's relationship with his dad.
Oh, I might be too late, but before / after your next Kevin Smith film, I'd like to know how Kevin, Matt, and Ben met, it's something I don't know! And I could look it up, but I kind of want to hear it thru your POV.
The counseling scenes are straight out of the film Ordinary People, down to the sweater that Williams wears just like Judd Hirsch. Not that it’s bad, just not as original as one might think not knowing about that much older film. Both are about the bond that the therapist and young kid form in healing the serious issues that are plaguing both characters played by Damon and Timothy Hutton.
I cannot figure out exactly what Skylar is asking of Will. Marriage? Live together so that he's there when she comes home? Vacation with her for a few weeks? Live with her in case she needs help with her homework? Maybe he should've flipped the script on her, to see how much she and HOW she wants him. "Marriage? Of course I'll marry you!" How would she react to that? Maybe that's what she wanted from him. I don't know. I can't really tell. Can you?
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Williams' monologue at the lake/pond is my favorite monologue of all time in a film. It's SO damn moving. What a brilliant performance.
That’s what won him the Academy Award for this movie.
While obviously a different subject, it's James Earl Jones's from Field of Dreams that moves me (my late dad LOVED baseball). It's amazing how a single minute or two from a great actor can affect us. I'm 44 and still grin like an idiot every time that scene comes on. And Robin's was perfection too, of course.
Mine too - it's one of the all-time great scenes in cinematic history. That park bench in Boston Public Garden became an ad-hoc fan memorial when Robin Williams died.
That monologue of Robin's on the bench won Matt and Ben the best screenplay Oscar almost by itself. There is a great interview where Matt talks about being in that scene and Robin is on it and Matt didn't have to do anything but remain in character and stay silent and how he struggled to even keep from breaking down in tears. That performance is right there with Robert Shaw in Jaws telling the story of the USS Indianapolis as among the best solo performances in a scene ever.
Every time I watch this (or a reaction to it), I'm really struck by Minnie Driver's performance as Skylar. The intimacy and vulnerability she shows feels so real, and the heartbreak both overt and subtle when Will pushes her away just kills me every time.
She's amazing in this. All the hype was for Ben/Matt or Robin, but she was absolutely awesome in every scene. Unsung MVP of the movie in my eyes.
"How do you like them apples?” is an expression that supposedly originated during the first World War, when the Allies' anti-tank grenade was colloquially called a “toffee apple” because of its bulb-like appearance on a stick. The phrase was a taunt against the enemy. Subsequently said since then to taunt someone.
Fun fact:
When Ben and Matt were looking for actors for this movie they really wanted Robin Williams and knew they couldn't pay him the amounts he gets paid. However, once Robin read the script he insisted of taking the part
A not so fun fact: Robin agreed to take a major pay cut, on the condition that if the movie made over $10M at the box office, he would receive a higher royalty pay (which is fine, and the studio agreed) - but when Harvey Weinstein noticed the movie was breaking all sorts of box office records, he pulled it from the cinemas far too early so Robin wouldn't get his much deserved royalties.
@@gsdrums47 It made 10 million literally the opening weekend though? And hundreds of millions worldwide, so this doesn't make sense.
The story about his wife farting was improvised by Robin, Matt's laughing was genuine and if you look closely you can see the camera operator shaking too. Robin also improvised the very last line of the movie.
Scary when you realise that Matt & Ben wrote this classic when they were only 22 and when his performance was recognised by the Academy, Robin referenced their age during his acceptance words. The whole speech is one of the best Oscar moments ever, you can feel the love in the room for Robin, especially from the host Billy Crystal, his old friend from the very early days of trying to make it in showbiz. It wasn't polite applause from his peers - it was genuine love for a man who had brought so much joy & laughter but was also capable of touching performances like this. Wonderful. The award and speech are on YT, do try and watch.
mmhmm! Like when you hear about how young they were, I think MOST people thought they were going to be the next Spielberg and Lucas who also followed a lot of the same path when they were younger (although both were a little higher educated and a little older). But it seemed like the same story. Now both Ben and Matt ended up liking acting a bit more of course and doing that, but most everything both have written and directed have all been really good films. So awesome!
Robin Williams ad-libbed a lot of his dialogue. He was so amazing at that.
It also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams and Best Writing for Matt and Ben. I've seen a clip of Matt and Ben accepting their awards and they both had the biggest grins.
I watched their speeches earlier today! So awesome!
"You dropped a hundred and fifty grande on an education that you could've gotten for a dollar-fifty in late charges". - truest words ever spoken !!!
This is such a great movie. The characters are complex and well-rounded out, and it's a story about the human condition all around. No fancy CGI, no car chases, no overly gratuitious sex scenes. Just emotion all the way through. Minnie Driver is incredible in the scene where Skylar and Will break up, Matt Damon is great throughout, and Robin Williams reminded everyone just how great a dramatic actor he could be with this movie. The "not your fault" scene seriously makes me cry every.single.damn.time. I messed up and forgot to get a tissue before watching your reaction vid. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed this movie!
That little moment when Ben Affleck's character realizes Will has left, it's my favorite bit of acting from Ben ever.
It was VERY good!
He manages to be sad for himself and pleased for Will simultaneously. Its wonderfully done.
Robin Williams is such a great comedian, but he is a phenomenal dramatic actor. The Oscar win here was so well deserved.
Matt's performance when him and Skylar are fighting.. my lord, that still may be his best bit of screen time. That or his and Robin's heart to heart towards the end where they confide in each other
"Why the wrench?"
"Because fuck him, that's why."
Breaks me every time.
Yea most people have never been there. Luckily.
Awesome movie, Robin Williams was just incredible. Kevin Smith was an executive producer and pivotal in getting it made.
“U know what the best part of my day is? For about 10 seconds, from when I pull up to the curb when I get to ur door cuz I think maybe I’ll get up there and I’ll knock on the door and u won’t be there”🥺🥺 I can’t believe Matt and Ben wrote this, it’s masterful
Many people just got to see Robin Williams as the comic/funny guy but he was so much more, movies like this or Dead Poets Society made me realize what a great actor he was. Robin will always be missed
How people respond to Will is a good indicator of how they view mental health. Mental health has become a lot more important in some pockets of society but it feels like people don't really empathize with some groups who are struggling. Like Will's defensiveness and extreme anger is a realistic version of mental health issues. IRL, incels have been mocked and treated like a bad punchline, yet a lot of those people are probably just extremely lonely dealing with self esteem and mental issues. Yet, I don't see a lot of empathy for them. I'm sure some are entitled, narcissistic, and hostile, but I would wager many of them are looking for community support while they deal with their own baggage. I just feel like mental health stuff online is kinda glossed over.
OMG! What a nice surprise it was to see this pop up on my RUclips's recommend! This has been one of my favorite movies since its release. Robin Williams was so influential for me growing up and to see him in this role as I was becoming an adult hit me very hard. Identifying with Will with a traumatic upbringing and always being one of those students who "could just play" (though I'm not as gifted as the character) it really found a place in my heart and mind. I didn't go to therapy for more than 20 years after this release. It was the best thing I ever did for myself.
I'm a huge advocate for it with people around my age because I feel like my generation is in that middle point where the convention was to bottle it all up and push through it and the younger generations coming in and breaking the stigma of discussing mental health. I've done a lot of my healing out loud incase anyone else got lost in this generation gap and can find ways to better living through breaking negative thought patterns. I've been surprised by the number of people who have also battled with their mental health and never said anything. I think the worst thing about depression is the isolation and feeling alone. I hope these conversations keep becoming more frequent so those suffering can feel comfortable asking for help. ❤
Thank you, KL! This movie gets me every time 😭
23:19 guy with red curly hair is Cole Hauser current super star from the show Yellowstone he plays Rip Wheeler
You just saw one of the best comedians and best actors ever. And it was the same person. RIP Robin.
Top 3 movie. The bench scene monologue from Sean, the monologue from Chuckie and the it’s not your fault scene, some of the best scenes in movie history
They won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
Not sure if anyone mentioned this in the comments, i did read MOST of them, but this was Matt Damon and Ben Afflecks first big break. Maybe first thing period. They also won an Oscar for it as well!! It really put them on the map.
So excited to see that you were reacting to this movie!! It was my favorite movie for a long time. I love the complexities of the characters and how my perspective on them has changed over the years. When I was younger, I definitely saw the movie through Will's eyes, but as I got older, I saw it more through Sean's eyes, and as I got even older, I see it through the professor's eyes. That's how amazing that script is. It evolves during different points in your life. Anyway, love your reaction to this movie. Great job as always!!
Sometimes I rewatch this movie because it feels like I’m getting free therapy from Robin Williams. 😭
Kevin Smith used to have a competition helping young filmmakers get their projects made. Damon and Afleck (and this movie) were one of his early projects. After this movie became a huge success Afleck and Damon joined Smith in his endeavor, reviewing and funding films they thought deserved a shot.
This is one of these rare movies that made me a better person. I have a lot in common with Will (minus being a freakin' multi-talented genius ofc) and I cried with him during "It's not your fault" sceene. Easily makes my top 5 (if not top 3) favourite movies of all time and I can recommend this movie to anyone.
Every time I see a movie with Robin Williams in it, I always think of how much of a huge whole his death left in the movie/TV show world. He was so talented, he could bring you to tears from laughter, and then sadness, in the same scene.
When Sean and Gerry walk up the steps at the end, they are in unison i.e. the same page for the first time in the film.
Also, great reaction and glad you loved the film.
I’ve watched several reactions to this movie and EVERY single time, people always smile the first time they see Robin in the movie. (you did too😘) He was such an amazing person and a wonderful actor. (He also went to Juilliard) He’s one of the few actors that I still really miss.
One of my favourite movies of all-time. Brilliant writing (which earned Matt and Ben a well-deserved Oscar), an awesome cast, hilarious comedy, and heart-warming & heart-breaking drama.
Not-So-Fun-Fact: Elliott Smith, who did significant soundtrack work on this (including the closing classic "Miss Misery"), was stabbed to death by his girlfriend a few years later.
I remember seeing this in the theater in high school. Great movie and stuck with me at a critical age. Minnie Driver is really great in this too and it’s kind of a shame that her career kind of fizzled out.
This movie has 3-4 really powerful monologues that just break your soul. That's so rare in a movie these days. No one lied and took credit because they would be outed immediately within a few questions of the process or how they came to their conclusion. When Williams passed, the bench location was turned into an impromptu memorial site for a while.
Cool to see George Plimpton as the first psychologist. He was a popular writer/celebrity when I was growing up in the 60s.
"Paper Lion" was my first exposure to him. Alan Alda played him in the movie version.
One of the greatest screenplays ever. Not just as a screenplay, but the mission statement and sentiments this story conveys are helpful and important for anyone just trying to navigate life and figure out who they are and their place in it.
Notice how in their first interactions, Sean calls Will "chief" (14:20, 17:20), "kid" (14:55, 15:57, 16:49) and "sport" (17:18), but at the end they respect each other and Sean has become a father figure to Will, so Sean calls Will by his first name (37:00, 37:14) and, most important, Sean calls him *son* (37:08, 37:24).
Stephen Spielberg had cast Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan because he was virtually unknown at the time and had All-American good looks for the role of Ryan. This movie came out before Saving Private Ryan and Damon basically became a star overnight.
Watching this movie will make Jay and silent Bob strike back seem so much more funnier cause you'll get the inside joke.
Great reaction to a great, meaningful movie. I saw a rumor that screenwriter William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All The President's Men...), had a hand in the screenplay, but Goldman said that he looked at their script and his only suggestion was to drop a sub-plot where the government was trying to force Will to work for the NSA, and they cut that from the script... THANKFULLY! Again, thank you for your reaction! BTW, more William Goldman movies please!
Amazing Film! We could all learn a lot from the film.
Yep, the Kevin Smith as Co-Producer alongside Kevin Mosier who does the same for the View Askew films. He also cameos in the ViewAskewniverse. He played 'Snowball' in Clerks for example amongst other roles.
There is a theory out there that Smith helped punch up the script as well
Yeah to me, movie is just the best. Great reaction too
Matt Damon hit the scene like a freight train with four solid roles released in a ten month period between November 97 and Sept 98. The Rainmaker, Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, and Rounders. Add in the Oscar buzz around Good Will Hunting and he had pretty much cemented himself as an up and coming name.
I don't know if thus was previously stated or not, but the seen between Matt Damon and Robin Williams discussing inperfections and idiosyncrasies....Robin going into the story about how his wife farted in her sleep caught everyone off guard, you can see the camera man's hand shake as he's trying to hold the camera steady while laughing, Matt's reaction was genuine. The last line of the movie was improvised by Robin Williams.
Hey there Kaielle. Well was initially planning to continue watching Spiderman but then I saw you posted one of my all time favorite movies and Robin Williams movies and I had to watch.
There's not much to say that hasn't been said, Robin and Matt give an incredible performance here, their connection and how their relationship evolves. Shawn truly believed in Will.
I use to think I was in love , that I understood what being in love was but when you hear Shawn it really changes your perspective, Will needed to hear all that.
The how do you like them apples, the part in the Park, the fart joke and its not your fault are my favorite scenes
Shhh it's not your fault Kaielle, it's not your fault, it's not your fault, you're a beautiful, awesome reactor,
Thanks for posting this.
Such an amazing movie, and reaction! I listened to sooo much Elliott Smith in high school because of this movie. His songs are beautiful.
Thanks for the reaction KL! One of my favorite films with so many stand-out & memorable scenes
Loved this reaction K!!!!
This and what dreams may come are my favorite Robin movies!!!
Hope you’re doin good!
A really wonderful reaction, thank you...
The girl Skylar who Matt Damon based Minnie Driver's character on was real.
She went to California and met the drummer from a successful rock band and married him. When asked, Matt Damon said "She went off an married some drummer that's got $40 million." They've been divorced for quite a while now, but it was a weird story of odd coincidences.
Also, Affleck was the Bomb in Phantoms, yo.
I am a little less than half way in as I write this but so far your editing has been spot on. It is my first watch for a reaction from you. The movie pulls me in anytime I see a new reaction to it.
Thank you!
If you are watching a lot more Matt Damon 90's movies, try these 3: Rounders, Courage Under Fire, School Ties👍👍👍
also, Kevin Smith has a producer credit on good will hunting. He shepherded the project through Miramax, ultimately landing with gus van sant
The episodes of "Comunity" that parody this film are glorious.
As much as I love the acting people seem to forget the writers Ben and Matt are amazing writers and I've always hoped they'd write again together.
2:26 Oh go ahead and live dangerously....make an assumption! 🤣
Not sure if you noticed but the conversation with the first therapist Will was leading him on talking about the "clubs" and "fantasies" that he hides from people and then called the guy out to rattle him
One of the greatest movies ever!
Damon wrote this whilst attending Harvard. I’ll spare you the all the details, half of which I’m sure I’ll get wrong. But it’s worth researching as I personally found it quite interesting.
If you like Ben Affleck, one of my favorite watches is a thoughtful 2002 movie called _Changing Lanes_ . Affleck is a successful privileged young lawyer who has a small car crash with a middle aged black man played by Samuel L. Jackson. Their interaction explores the socioeconomic differences between them. Would love to see you react to it.
Thank you...😌
Hi Kaiielle, it’s been a while. Loved the reaction. This in my top 20 movies of all time. Glad you enjoyed it! Some of the best character writing ever. Hope you are well and good to see BB-8 still hanging out in the background :-)
Hey Absher! Hope you've been well. Yes, I rearranged my desk a little while ago so he hangs out on the shelf behind me now. Thanks for watching! This one was a very good one.
Great reaction KL, such an amazing movie!
KL…first time commenting. I hope I’m giving your community, the proper benefit of a doubt…when I say they purposely sandbagged you on this movie. This is not a “watch it so you get the reference” throwaway…as you saw for yourself. Hopefully…they wanted you coming in, without any expectations; so you could experience this fine film, without the weight of knowing what you were in for. Great video!
Great movie. Great performances. Still chokes me up. ✌🏻
This is one I'm amazed you have never seen considering all the reactor videos out there. This is an all time great.
While I recognize that therapy is a good thing for many people I myself can never get over the roadblock that when things get boiled down I'm the means to a paycheck for the therapist so can never fully commit and open up. So I haven't been back in a very long time now because I won't waste 50 minutes of their time that they could be using for someone else who may actually be able to benefit from that time. Or at least that is what I tell myself so I can feel better about my choice to eschew it, lol.
This Is Definitely One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction Sweetheart & R.I.P To A Great Actor Robin Williams, Still Miss Him Always 😢😢😢
One of my favorite movies 💜💜
Amazing movie! I miss Robin Williams so much, one of the best actors, well human to ever live any movie with him in it, regardless if its good or not I have to watch. Also, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier who exec produced the film, is one of the reasons the movie got made. They took the movie to Miramax and convinced them to make this movie since Kevin Smith and Ben Afflleck were friends. If it was not for those 2 this movie would have never been made, at least not for a while. Amazing movie, classic
Such a great movie. Loved your reaction to it.
Just saw your video. Great. But great .movies = great videos. In the right hands. And I think you were one of the right people to react to this movie. I love it. I don't know the audience for it at the time but who cares? I love it. And I can get protective of it. Thx for your video.
Aaahh, I’d forgotten Elliott Smith was used on the soundtrack. Scary how perfect his music is for this story.
Halfway into this reaction and I had to sub. Very good editing. You're not talking over the movie, but editing in a way where we hear your thoughts and not taking out of what's happening.
Couple things If you don't know. The scene on the was completely improvised by Robin Williams and his final line. Matt Damon and Minnie Driver started dating and broke up during filming. It was not pretty.
Thank you so much! I appreciate that.
I seen this movie at the theater as a kid and is one of my favorite movies to this day. The scene when Robin Williams says his wife farted in the bed and woke her up. So I blamed it on the dog was improvised by Robin. When Matt Damon starts laughing after that line he couldn’t stop laughing so hard because he wasn’t expecting that. That is such a funny scene. Also at the end when Robin Williams says that son of a b**ch stole my line was also improvised by Robin. I bet he has a lot more scenes that he improvised by him but those are the only 2 I know
Another film where he made an impression, though it was not a major role, was in Courage Under Fire with Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan. He literally put himself I physical Jeopardy for the character. He was also good in The Green Zone.
I don't go along with the "from each according to his ability" thing when it's involuntary. Thus, I was rather "selfish" about my career path.
It's so crazy to me when reactors give props to the other students in the class for not taking credit for doing the proof, when there's absolutely no way anybody would. First, they'd have to hope that the real person wouldn't also step forward. But most importantly, they'd then have to prove that they could do it. Which they obviously can't.
3:45 KL I’ve never felt so heard in my life 😭
8:49 "How do you like them apples" is a common cliche brag
I really liked your reaction. Great voice and insight
This is the role that FINALLY broke down the elusive Oscar barrier Robin Williams experienced when he was nominated three times before for Good Morning Vietnam (1987), Deas Poets Society (1989) and The Fisher King (1991). Speaking of, you need to react to THE FISHER KING which almost made the poll winner last year. Screw that! Push it forward and put it on the schedule dammit! LOL!
Such a wonderful film. Without Kevin Smith becoming a producer on the film Good Will Hunting, no studio wanted either Matt Damon nor Ben Affleck in the lead roles. Even though they had both written the screenplay, the studios considered them to be unknowns. Kevin Smith, thankfully, convinced them otherwise. For another wonderful performance from Robin Williams, please watch Awakenings.
When you've been through it, hits different. Really drags the abandonment monster out into the light. Will classically sabotaging his potential happiness because he is scared of how much happiness hurts and not knowing if there is another shoe. Not knowing, having no control, being powerless the way you are when you are little and others have complete say over you, often to your detriment and harm. It's why he went after the kid who used to beat him up in kindergarten, a way to take back power and with all his brilliance, all his ability, still no ability to understand that the kid who beat him up in kindergarten probably wasn't the same guy whose arse he beat, kid might've been going through the same things he did or worse. Therapy is difficult but worthwhile, though trusting professionals is not really something I can do again after my experiences. Thank the gods for a partner who understands me better than I understand myself. The world would be a different place if we all had someone like Robin Williams in our corner. I miss him so much and I never met him. Same as I miss Terry Pratchett who taught me how to be kind to others and how to see the humanity in others and want the best for them through the incredible Discworld series.
Cool how in the beginning Robin Williams's character calls Will "Chief" or "sport" but at the end it's "son"
Yep , my kind of reactor , subscribed
Welcome and thank you!
Why DID Will take the job at the most prestigious technical college.....solve problems no one else could.....and then lie about it....? Was it a giant F You, like when he chose the wrench over the belt and branch...?
Such a good movie....no CGI, just a good story well told.
Out of the many good examples of dialogue, I think my favorite is when Will asked if Sean regretted meeting his wife, quickly addding that he didn't mean it in a bad way (like when he probed Sean at their first meeting). Will demonstrated that he was interested in discussing things at a more serious level and Sean recognized that 'now we're getting somewhere'....
How far movies have declined since this... Hollywood doesn't think people have a more than five second attention span. No amount of explosions can top a good story. I was glad to see someone commented about how Robert Shaw's Indianapolis speech in Jaws is in the same category as the park bench speech. Matt (not Will) sat in silence, the way Dreyfuss sat and just watched Shaw, realizing he was witnessing greatness.
You're the first reactor I have seen that did not include the Ben faking to be Will scene - bravo!
Sorry, which scene are you talking about exactly?
@@kaiielle "Keep your ear to the grindstone" job interview scene
It's in the reaction. Not for long, but I definitely included a few seconds of it.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won their first Oscar for writing this it was their first movie 🎬. And Robin Williams won for Best Supporting Actor.
Man I can tell you what it smells like in the Sistine chapel & that security is saying “quiet, no pictures, silence” Every 20 secs but I sure as hell can’t tell you what it’s like to experience anything else that was mentioned
Can u believe these 2 dorks, Matt and Ben, started writing this in their early twenties, having no idea what or how to write! And someone they knew was blown away, and got a rough bit to robin! And how they got Robin and Stellen to do this, I'll never know! Robin won an Oscar for this! After Robin died, Matt goes back to the bench every year on Robin's bday, sometimes with his kids. The park bench is a memorial now! The younger guy is Casey Affleck! The red head is now in Yellowstone, Cole Hauser! A fantastic actor, but a bit of a loose cannon. His father was even a better actor, but certifiable! Wings Hauser!!
Originally, they didn't know how to write the end. Robin comes up with the final line, director and Matt look at each other like, Movie done! He add-libbed the wife farting lines. Matt is cracking up for real. Even the camera man was rolling....look at the camera frame on that scene, it's shaking! Robin has done several top feel good movies. This, patch Adams, good morning Vietnam, awakenings, Dead Poets, and really one could say the bird cage, Doubtfire and Jumanji....which is really a movie about Spielberg's relationship with his dad.
Oh, I might be too late, but before / after your next Kevin Smith film, I'd like to know how Kevin, Matt, and Ben met, it's something I don't know! And I could look it up, but I kind of want to hear it thru your POV.
What if he replied no, when asked if he liked apples?
AWKWARD….
The counseling scenes are straight out of the film Ordinary People, down to the sweater that Williams wears just like Judd Hirsch. Not that it’s bad, just not as original as one might think not knowing about that much older film. Both are about the bond that the therapist and young kid form in healing the serious issues that are plaguing both characters played by Damon and Timothy Hutton.
Great reaction and thoughts to this brilliant movie, Kaiielle. Greetings from a 58 year old Belgian.
Believe it or not, there are 25 Kevin Smiths on IMDB.
Damon and Afleck went o my HS years later!
Would be nice to see someone react to the Fisher King another great Robin Williams performance
I cannot figure out exactly what Skylar is asking of Will. Marriage? Live together so that he's there when she comes home? Vacation with her for a few weeks? Live with her in case she needs help with her homework?
Maybe he should've flipped the script on her, to see how much she and HOW she wants him. "Marriage? Of course I'll marry you!" How would she react to that? Maybe that's what she wanted from him. I don't know. I can't really tell. Can you?